Data Matching Capability - Investigation Stage

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East Renfrewshire Council are scoping a project to increase our data matching capability within the organisation. Business units have articulated data-related problems that are impacting their ability to get complete and reliable information from systems. Data resides in a range of software systems and there is limited interoperability. Business units are unable to make informed decisions. The problems converge on the potential need for data matching software. There is a high level of sensitivity in the datasets so security and resilience are key considerations for us. Lot 1: East Renfrewshire Council are scoping a project to increase our data matching capability within the organisation. Business units have articulated data-related problems that are impacting their ability to get complete and reliable information from systems. Data resides in a range of software systems and there is limited interoperability. Business units are unable to make informed decisions. The problems converge on the potential need for data matching software. There is a high level of sensitivity in the datasets so security and resilience are key considerations for us. The project is subject to approval and this is an initial investigation of the market. If approved, we would be looking to initiate a competitive procurement exercise within the next 3 months. The features we are looking for: 1. Data cleansing functionality. 2. Ability to match data from diverse sources in varying formats. 3.Secure data handling and encryption. 4.Information protection. 5.Ability to handle large and complex datasets. 6.Ability to work in conjunction with our corporate data warehouse (SQL) for reporting purposes. 7.Ability for staff to review and validate matched results. 8.Flexibility to determine various parameters and criteria for matching. 9.Fuzzy matching to detect phonestic, miskeys and abbreviations. We would like to hear from suppliers who offer software products that we may be interested in. Additionally please include: 1.Whether products are on-premises or cloud. 2.An indication of start up, development and ongoing costs. 3.Existing and former customers, specifically if you have worked with the Scottish public sector. 4.The benefits that have been realised by existing/past customers – if known.. No more than two sides of an A4 response should be submitted by 12 noon, 15th August 2024 to debbie.hill@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk Please clearly mark your response: Data Matching Capability PIN Response.